Saskia Keesstra

Universidad de Granada

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Artemi Cerdà

Universitat de València

Jesús Rodrigo‐Comino

Universidad de Granada

Agata Novara

University of Palermo

Manuel Pulido Fernández

Universidad de Extremadura

Niels Anders

University of Amsterdam

Manuel Seeger

Universität Trier

Simone Di Prima

University of Basilicata

Saleh Yousefi

Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research

Hamid Reza Pourghasemi

Shiraz University

Rens Masselink

Wageningen University & Research

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Wageningen University & Research

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Chinese Academy of Sciences

The University of Texas at Austin

University of Amsterdam

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research

Ghent University

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Responses of ecosystem services to natural and anthropogenic forcings: A spatial regression based assessment in the world's largest mangrove ecosystem

The Science of The Total Environment (2020)

Srikanta Sannigrahi Qi Zhang Francesco Pilla P. K. Joshi Bidroha Basu

Most of the Earth's Ecosystem Services (ESs) have experienced a decreasing trend in the last few decades, primarily due to increasing human dominance in the natural environment. Identification and categorization of factors that affect the provision of ESs from global to local scales are challenging. This study makes an effort to identify the key driving factors and examine their effects on different ESs in the Sundarbans region, India. We carry out the analysis following five successive steps: (1) quantifying biophysical and economic values of ESs using three valuation approaches; (2) identifying six major driving forces on ESs; (3) categorizing principal data components with dimensionality reduction; (4) constructing multivariate regression models with variance partitioning; (5) implementing six spatial regression models to examine the causal effects of natural and anthropogenic forcings on ESs. Results show that climatic factors, biophysical factors, and environmental stressors significantly affect the ESs. Among the six driving factors, climate factors are highly associated with the ESs variation and explain the maximum model variances (R2 = 0.75–0.81). Socioeconomic (R2 = 0.44–0.66) and development (R2 = 27–0.44) factors have weak to moderate effects on the ESs. Furthermore, the joint effects of the driving factors are much higher than their individual effects. Among the six spatial regression models, Geographical Weighted Regression (GWR) performs the most accurately and explains the maximum model variances. The proposed hybrid valuation method aggregates biophysical and economic estimates of ESs and addresses methodological biases existing in the valuation process. The presented framework can be generalized and applied to other ecosystems at different scales. The outcome of this study could be a reference for decision-makers, planners, land administrators in formulating a suitable action plan and adopting relevant management practices to improve the overall socio-ecological status of the region.

Driving factors

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137004

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Evaluating the hydrological component of the new catchment-scale sediment delivery model LAPSUS-D

Geomorphology (2013)

Saskia Keesstra A.J.A.M. Temme J.M. Schoorl Saskia Visser

Discharge

Deposition

Water balance

10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.021

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Four approaches to setting soil health targets and thresholds in agricultural soils

Journal of Environmental Management (2024)

Amanda Matson Maria Fantappiè Grant A. Campbell Jorge F. Miranda‐Vélez J.H. Faber

Strengths and weaknesses

Soil functions

10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123141

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Effect of soil surface roughness on infiltration water, ponding and runoff on tilled soils under rainfall simulation experiments

Soil and Tillage Research (2018)

Longshan Zhao Rui Hou Faqi Wu Saskia Keesstra

Infiltration (HVAC)

Rainwater Harvesting

Ponding

10.1016/j.still.2018.01.009

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Arctic wetland system dynamics under climate warming

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (2021)

Hanna N. Kreplin Carla Ferreira Georgia Destouni Saskia Keesstra Luca Salvati

Abstract Warming and hydrological changes have already affected and shifted environments in the Arctic. Arctic wetlands are complex systems of coupled hydrological, ecological, and permafrost‐related processes, vulnerable to such environmental changes. This review uses a systems perspective approach to synthesize and elucidate the various interlinked responses and feedbacks of Arctic wetlands to hydroclimatic changes. Starting from increased air temperatures, subsequent permafrost thaw and concurrent hydrological changes are identified as key factors for both shrinkage and expansion of wetland area. Other diverse factors further interact with warming, hydrological changes, and permafrost thaw in altering the Arctic wetland systems. Surface albedo shifts driven by land cover alterations are powerful in reinforcing Arctic warming, while vegetation‐related factors can balance and decelerate permafrost thaw, causing negative feedback loops. With the vast amounts of carbon stored in Arctic wetlands, their changes in turn affect the global carbon cycle. Overall, the systems perspectives outlined and highlighted in this review can be useful in structuring and elucidating the interactions of wetlands with climate, hydrological, and other environmental changes in the Arctic, including the essential permafrost‐carbon feedback. This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Nature of Freshwater Ecosystems Water and Life > Stresses and Pressures on Ecosystems Science of Water > Water and Environmental Change

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Environmental change

10.1002/wat2.1526

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National soil data in EU countries, where do we stand?

European Journal of Soil Science (2023)

Sophie Cornu Saskia Keesstra Antonio Bispo Maria Fantappiè Fenny van Egmond

Abstract At the European scale, soil characteristics are needed to evaluate soil quality, soil health and soil‐based ecosystem services in the context of the European Green Deal. While some soil databases exist at the European scale, a much larger wealth of data is present in individual European countries, allowing a more detailed soil assessment. There is thus an urgent and crucial need to combine these data at the European scale. In the frame of a large European Joint Programme on agricultural soils launched by the European Commission, a survey was conducted in the spring of 2020, in the 24 European participating countries to assess the existing soil data sources, focusing on agricultural soils. The survey will become a contribution to the European Soil Observatory, launched in December 2020, which aims to collect metadata of soil databases related to all kind of land uses, including forest and urban soils. Based upon a comprehensive questionnaire, 170 soil databases were identified at local, regional and national scales. Soil parameters were divided into five groups: (1) main soil parameters according to the Global Soil Map specifications; (2) other soil chemical parameters; (3) other physical parameters; (4) other pedological parameters; and (5) soil biological features. A classification based on the environmental zones of Europe was used to distinguish the climatic zones. This survey shows that while most of the main pedological and chemical parameters are included in more than 70% of the country soil databases, water content, contamination with organic pollutants, and biological parameters are the least frequently reported parameters. Such differences will have consequences when developing an EU policy on soil health as proposed under the EU soil strategy for 2023 and using the data to derive soil health indicators. Many differences in the methods used in collecting, preparing, and analysing the soils were found, thus requiring harmonization procedures and more cooperation among countries and with the EU to use the data at the European scale. In addition, choosing harmonized and useful interpretation and threshold values for EU soil indicators may be challenging due to the different methods used and the wide variety of soil land‐use and climate combinations influencing possible thresholds. The temporal scale of the soil databases reported is also extremely wide, starting from the '20s of the 20th century.

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Soil Quality

10.1111/ejss.13398

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Projected Impact of Climate Change on Hydrological Regimes in the Philippines

PLoS ONE (2016)

Pamela Louise M. Tolentino Ate Poortinga Hideki Kanamaru Saskia Keesstra Jerry Maroulis

The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the potential impacts of climate change. To fully understand these potential impacts, especially on future hydrological regimes and water resources (2010-2050), 24 river basins located in the major agricultural provinces throughout the Philippines were assessed. Calibrated using existing historical interpolated climate data, the STREAM model was used to assess future river flows derived from three global climate models (BCM2, CNCM3 and MPEH5) under two plausible scenarios (A1B and A2) and then compared with baseline scenarios (20th century). Results predict a general increase in water availability for most parts of the country. For the A1B scenario, CNCM3 and MPEH5 models predict an overall increase in river flows and river flow variability for most basins, with higher flow magnitudes and flow variability, while an increase in peak flow return periods is predicted for the middle and southern parts of the country during the wet season. However, in the north, the prognosis is for an increase in peak flow return periods for both wet and dry seasons. These findings suggest a general increase in water availability for agriculture, however, there is also the increased threat of flooding and enhanced soil erosion throughout the country.

Baseline (sea)

10.1371/journal.pone.0163941

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Collected knowledge on the impacts of agricultural soil management practices in Europe

European Journal of Soil Science (2024)

Ana Marta Paz Nádia Castanheira Julia Miloczki Mariana Carrasco Carolina Meloni Vicente

Abstract Soil plays a central role in most aspects of human societies, and there is a large body of literature about sustainable soil management. Nevertheless, soil is currently facing degradation arising from different threats, which undermines sustainable development globally. In order to design effective research and policy strategies, it is necessary to identify the current knowledge level about sustainable soil management. This study summarises the key findings from a systematic stocktake of available knowledge about agricultural soil management practices in 23 European countries, which included the identification of soil management practices in use, the associated impacts and the soil challenges addressed. The aim of the study was to understand the current state of knowledge about the impacts of soil management practices, investigated and/or implemented across Europe. The results were analysed at the European level and were also grouped into European Regions and Environmental Zones. Key findings from this study were the identification of knowledge gaps that are key to climate mitigation and adaptation. There is a knowledge gap about soil management practices to avoid greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils, as the few reported studies evidence the complexity of the processes governing these emissions. Further knowledge is needed on the impact of tillage practices on long‐term carbon storage and distribution along the soil profile, as the reported knowledge was not consensual about carbon storage in deeper soil layers.

Soil Management

Sustainable land management

Soil carbon

Soil functions

10.1111/ejss.13468

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An economic, perception and biophysical approach to the use of oat straw as mulch in Mediterranean rainfed agriculture land

Ecological Engineering (2017)

Artemi Cerdà Jesús Rodrigo‐Comino Antonio Giménez‐Morera Saskia Keesstra

Conservation Agriculture

Rainfed agriculture